Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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7.1 km
119 m
Explore Villers-lès-Nancy in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Sight 1: Château Madame de Graffigny
The Château Madame de Graffigny, also known as Madame de Graffigny's castle, is an eighteenth-century residence, refurbished in the nineteenth century, of which the writer Françoise de Graffigny was the occupant and to whom she gave her name. This house is located in Villers-lès-Nancy, a suburb of Nancy. Other famous occupants lived in the castle: Benjamin Constant and Mathieu de Dombasle.
Sight 2: Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus
The Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus is a French church in the Parc du Placieux in Villers-lès-Nancy. It is dedicated to Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Its construction lasted from 1930 to 1934.
Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus de Villers-lès-Nancy (FR)
Sight 3: Musée de l'École de Nancy
The Musée de l'École de Nancy is a museum devoted to the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau movement founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine, north-eastern France. They were joined by other artists, notably Jacques Grüber.
Sight 4: Maison Le Jeune
The Maison Le Jeune is a building located in the city of Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Lorraine region.
Sight 5: Parc Sainte-Marie
Parc Sainte-Marie is a public garden in Nancy, France, France.
Sight 6: Église Saint-Joseph
The Saint-Joseph de Nancy church is a neo-Roman style church built in the 19th century and located in Nancy, in the rue de Mon-Désert.
Sight 7: Villa Lang
Villa Lang is a house built by the architect Lucien Weissenburger in Nancy, at No. 1 Boulevard Georges-Clemenceau in the Park de Saurupt. This building is one of the representations of the Art Nouveau current of the Nancy school.
Sight 8: Villa Marguerite
The Villa Marguerite is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region of France.
Sight 9: Les Glycines
Les Glycines is a school style villa in Nancy located at 5, rue des Brice, in the Parc de Saurupt in Nancy, France.
Sight 10: Villa Fruhinsholz
The Villa Fruhinsholz is a building located at 77 avenue du Général-Leclerc, in the city of Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Lorraine region.
Sight 11: Maison Geschwindenhamer
The former Geschwindenhamer or Geschwindammer house is a building located at 6 ter quai de la Bataille - not far from the Parc de Saurupt - in Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine region.
Sight 12: Église Saint-Pierre
The Church of Saint-Pierre is a neo-Gothic style church built in Nancy in the 19th century.
Sight 13: Maison Bergeret
The Hôtel Bergeret is a private mansion designed in the style of the School of Nancy by the architect Lucien Weissenburger.
Sight 14: Porte Saint-Nicolas
Many towns and villages have a Porte Saint-Nicolas. It usually refers to St. Nicholas of Myra, bishop of Asia Minor, in the fourth century, very popular in Christian Europe in the Middle Ages. This odonym suggests that a chapel or church of St. Nicholas is located in the street.
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